Judge: Misrepresentations On Ownership, Prior Claims Warrant Voiding Policy

Mealey's (September 19, 2016, 10:20 AM EDT) -- ABERDEEN, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi on Sept. 16 awarded summary judgment to Allstate Indemnity Co., ruling that a man’s misrepresentations on his policy application regarding the ownership of a property that sustained fire damage and his failure to inform the company of prior insurance claims warrant voiding the policy (Allstate Indemnity Company v. Terry W. Richey III, et al., No. 15CV00073-NBB-DAS, N.D. Miss.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126385)....